Prologue

Scared Straight

P Line

Kobe

Parrots: A Parable

Compton Cowboys

Ellie

Epilogue

Imperfect Paradise: The Huntington Beach library at the center of America’s culture wars

Imperfect Paradise: Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters

Imperfect Paradise: How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern California

Imperfect Paradise: Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires and a 2018 fire have striking similarities

Imperfect Paradise: An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymied

Imperfect Paradise: Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a defense of it?

Imperfect Paradise: How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump administration and what it means for Angelenos

Imperfect Paradise: Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still hasn’t been shut down

Imperfect Paradise: Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the hook

Imperfect Paradise: California's new free public preschool program for 4-year-olds

Imperfect Paradise: Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care

Imperfect Paradise: Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA and nationwide